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  • Riders in the sky
    Features

    Riders in the sky

    2004-08-27T00:00:00Z

    To be a cyclist in London today requires the kind of spirit usually shown by those piloting experimental aircraft and one-man submarines. But with a little help from prefabrication and cutting-edge plastics, tomorrow might just be different 鈥�

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    The reinvention of tradition

    2004-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Britain鈥檚 treasured stock of antique Georgian and Victorian housing was all built using single-skin walls. Now it could be about to make a dramatic return.

  • News

    Experts dismiss report into Paris airport disaster

    2004-07-30T00:00:00Z

    French government blames concrete deterioration 鈥� but structural engineers point to a design oversight

  • The prototype Optima home at Pace Group's factory at Milton Keynes. A wide range of cladding materials was tried out on the building
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    Style to go - the unique flatpack home

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Cartwright Pickard Architects has helped create an off-site flatpack system that promises flexibility and super-quick build time.

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    A giant leap for a brickie

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Behrokh Khoshnevis has seen the future of construction, and it involves robotic arms, multiple nozzles and buildings that can be put up in hours in either Basildon or the Sea of Serenity. The University of Southern California professor tells us about the technology that he believes will be commonplace in ...